Abstract Inspired by Christopher Freeman's work on how radical technical change opens up
for shifts in world leadership and on the role of innovation systems in this process, this paper …

In contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or
intellectual monopolies. The book's unique perspective focuses on how private ownership …

This paper deals with the complex relationship between innovation and the labor market,
analyzing the impact of new technological advancements on overall employment, skills, and …

Digital technology policies beyond the traditional urban–rural dichotomy have become
critical in economic and industrial integration. Few empirical studies examine the specific …

Over the past decade, the interest around automation and digitalisation processes gained
considerable attention both due to industrial and productivity related dynamics that stem …

This paper investigates the presence of explicit labour-saving heuristics within robotic
patents. It analyses innovative actors engaged in robotic technology and their economic …

For the last 30 years, the economy has been undergoing a massive digital transformation.
Intangible digital assets, like software solutions, Web services, and more recently deep …

This paper presents an agent-based model (ABM) of endogenous arrival of technological
paradigms and new sectors entailing different patterns of labour creation and destruction, as …

Contrary to the notion of a natural tendency in deindustrialization, this paper, performing a
cross-country long-term analysis, documents the existence of a variety of patterns of …

This paper explores the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on business
models, organization and work. First, we provide a stylized history of AI highlighting the …